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There are four ways to die, and only one of them requires an intruder. Suicides, accidental, and natural deaths can occur without any evidence from outside the room. But murders typically involve suspects external to the crime scene. If there’s evidence of an outside intruder, homicide detectives have to prepare for a chase. Intruders turn death scenes into crime scenes.

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With the expertise of a cold-case detective, J. Warner examines eight critical pieces of evidence in the “crime scene” of the universe to determine if they point to a Divine Intruder. If you have ever wondered if something (or someone) outside the natural realm created the universe and everything in it, this is the case for you.
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Overview With the expertise of a cold-case detective, J. Warner examines eight critical pieces of evidence in the "crime scene" of the universe to determine if they point to a Divine Intruder. Companion to the eight-part video series, participants will dive into one of the most meaningful and challenging questions: Does God exist? Join renowned cold-case detective, author, and speaker J. Warner Wallace in this compelling eight-session video series with facilitator’s guide. n this companion to Cold-Case Christianity for Kids, Jason uncovers a mystery in his grandmother’s attic. He and his friends, Hannah, Daniel and Jasmine, enlist the help of Detective Jeffries at the Jr. Detective’s Academy.

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"What if a brilliant prosecutor tried to prove the existence of God using real evidence and crystal clear arguments? Well, that's precisely what J. Warner does in this magnificent book -- and you get to be the jury. Don't blink. Thrilling and amazing."

Eric Metaxas
New York Times Best-selling author of Miracles and Bonhoeffer

"Around Dateline, we had a phrase to describe J Warner Wallace: 'The Evidence Whisperer.' He would come up with some unlikely bit of long neglected flotsam, realize it was key evidence, and work it until he'd wrung out every possible lead. Jim helped bring cases to court, and our stories to life. And when I discovered he enjoys debating religious questions with an inquisitive guy like me? Well that was true joy. Mind you, we agree about almost nothing. But in this book he makes his case as always with verve and charm ...just like my friend Jim."

Keith Morrison
News Correspondent, Dateline (NBC)

"With the tenacity of a homicide detective and the careful reasoning of a scholar, Jim Wallace uses the forensic method of scientific investigation to establish - beyond reasonable doubt - that God exists!"

Dr. Stephen C. Meyer
Author of the New York Times bestseller Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design

"If I am ever in court, I want Jim Wallace on my side. As he did in Cold Case Christianity, Jim demonstrates that years of experience as a detective is excellent training for clear thinking on any subject matter. He patiently unfolds the evidence just as he must have done in countless courtrooms, educating the jury on the facts of the case and on proper reasoning from the facts. Drawing analogies from actual crime scenes in his files, he lends human drama to logical arguments. A delightful book."

Nancy Pearcey
Author of Total Truth and Finding Truth

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It's my hope that God's Crime Scene will help readers examine the nature of the universe as they sift through eight important characteristics of the cosmos, biological organisms and human experience, considering each as though it were a piece of evidence at a crime scene. Readers will be introduced to the "'inside the room' or 'outside the room'" methodology used by detectives to "determine the most reasonable inference from evidence". You'll be challenged to examine eight important pieces of evidence common to our human observations and experience. Which explanation (pure unguided naturalism or supernatural intervention) best accounts for the evidence at the "crime scene"?

God's Crime Scene is a unique apologetics overview, introducing a variety of arguments and lines of evidence for God's existence from the perspective of a Cold Case Homicide Detective. It's my goal to provide a satisfying examination of eight pieces of evidence in our universe, without wandering too deeply into esoteric scientific or philosophical detail. I wrote God's Crime Scene as an accessible survey of the evidence, directed toward both the layperson as well as those who are already familiar with the data. God's Crime Scene seeks to demonstrate the truth of Theism evidentially, just as my prior work, Cold Case Christianity, sought to demonstrate the reliability of the Christian Gospels.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ David C Cook (August 1, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781434707840
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1434707840
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.38 x 9 inches
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J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker and best-selling author. He continues to consult on cold-case investigations while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He is also an adjunct professor of apologetics at Biola University and a faculty member at Summit Ministries. J. Warner was a conscientious and vocal atheist until the age of thirty-five, when he took a serious and expansive look at the evidence for the Christian Worldview and determined that Christianity was demonstrably true. After becoming a Christ follower in 1996, Jim continued to take an evidential approach to truth as he examined the Christian worldview. He eventually earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.

J. Warner’s professional investigative work has received national recognition; his cases have been featured more than any other detective on NBC’s Dateline, and his work has also appeared on CourtTV and Fox News. He also appears on television as an investigative consultant (most recently on truTV) and had a role in God’s Not Dead 2, making the case for the historicity of Jesus. J. Warner was awarded the Police and Fire Medal of Valor “Sustained Superiority” Award for his continuing work on cold-case homicides, and the CopsWest Award after solving a 1979 murder. Relying on over two decades of investigative experience, J. Warner provides his readers and audiences with the tools they will need to investigate the claims of Christianity and make a convincing case for the truth of the Christian worldview.

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As with ‘Cold Case Christianity,’ J Warner Wallace makes a compelling argument this time focusing on God’s existence utilizing scientific evidences and logical reasoning coupled with his investigative experience and training. ‘God’s Crime Scene’ is a wonderful edition to one’s theological library and a go-to resource when engaging non-believers & skeptics! Highly reommended!!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2015
    This review can be found in its entirety at “Evidence Unseen.”

    I must join many others in endorsing J. Warner Wallace’s recent book God’s Crime Scene (2015). Wallace covers a number of different topics regarding the evidence for theism, divvying up each topic into eight chapters: (1) the cosmological evidence, (2) fine-tuning, (3) origin of life, (4) irreducible complexity, (5) consciousness, (6) free will, (7) morality, and (8) evil.

    While much has been written on the rational basis for Christian theism, three unique contributions make Wallace’s book stand out: (1) his credentials as cop, (2) his clear communication, and (3) his creative comparisons.

    (1) Credentials as a cop

    J. Warner Wallace (not to be confused with Jim Wallace of Sojourners) served as a cold-case homicide detective for two decades. Cold-case detectives have one of the toughest jobs on Earth. When a crime scene goes “cold,” this means that the detectives have given up the case due to insufficient leads. This is when “cold-case detectives” enter the scene—sometimes decades after the crime occurred.

    As a cold-case detective, Wallace had a perfect conviction record. That is, every one of his cases that went to trial resulted in a conviction of guilt. In one particular case which was over three decades old, Robert Shapiro (O.J. Simpson’s notorious attorney) represented the defendant. Yet Wallace’s meticulous presentation of the evidence resulted in finding the suspect guilty.

    As a credentialed detective, Wallace appeared on Dateline over the years to explain several of his cases. Though Keith Morrison of Dateline doesn’t agree with Jim’s Christian beliefs, he still endorsed his book by writing,

    Around Dateline, we had a phrase to describe J Warner Wallace: ‘The Evidence Whisperer.’ He would come up with some unlikely bit of long neglected flotsam, realize it was key evidence, and work it until he’d wrung out every possible lead. Jim helped bring cases to court, and our stories to life. And when I discovered he enjoys debating religious questions with an inquisitive guy like me? Well that was true joy. Mind you, we agree about almost nothing. But in this book he makes his case as always with verve and charm... just like my friend Jim.” Keith Morrison. News Correspondent, Dateline (NBC)

    Experts in the field of philosophy, science, and apologetics have also come forward to endorse the book, including Lee Strobel, Stephen Meyer, Hank Hanegraaff, Paul Copan, Craig Hazen, Sean McDowell, and Michael Behe. With such a list of endorsements, Wallace finds himself in good company to make his case.

    (2) Clear communication

    In his own words, Wallace described himself as an “angry atheist,” who would debate with his Christian friends regarding faith in God. It wasn’t until he investigated the evidence for himself that he discovered the credibility of the Christian worldview. After meeting Christ in 1996, Wallace served as a youth pastor, and later planted a church in 2006. During this time, he developed a robust apologetics website and podcast.

    I suspect that his background as a skeptic and his work as a practitioner helped him to develop into such a fine communicator. While many scholars can effectively communicate to one another in the world of academia, few are able to communicate with the “person on the street.” It is here that Wallace particularly excels. In God’s Crime Scene, Wallace doesn’t dilute the academic content, so much as he carefully crafts his arguments, illustrations, and research to be accessible to his readers.

    In addition to the clarity of his writing, Wallace illustrates his own pictures, which fill the pages of his book. As a grad student in Design and Architecture from UCLA, his illustrations function as excellent visual aids in explaining such complex information.

    (3) Creative comparisons

    Wallace offers us a creative comparison between the evidence for God and the evidence in a courtroom, giving the reader a key analogy for surveying the evidence for theism. While we may not be experts, we sit on the jury as Wallace helps us to investigate the evidence from physics, biology, consciousness, and morality.

    In his introduction (pp.19-26), Wallace invites his readers to join him on a number of different cold-cases on which he himself worked. At the crime scene, Wallace notes that really only four different causes can account for the victim’s death: (1) an accident, (2) a natural cause, (3) a suicide, or (4) an intruder. When a detective arrives at the scene of a crime, he needs to discern which explanation best explains the forensic data. If the evidence can’t be explained by options 1-3, then the detective rightly concludes that an intruder committed a crime.

    This illustration (the central thesis of the book to which Wallace habitually returns throughout) serves as a creative way to explain how to conduct our investigation for God. If the evidence “inside the room” (i.e. the material universe) cannot adequately explain the facts of cosmology, physics, biology, morality, and consciousness, are we not rationally allowed to consider the plausibility of a Divine Intruder? Wallace utilizes this illustration in a number of key ways:

    (1) Assessing a reasonable standard of proof. When jurors render a verdict, they do so on the basis good evidence—not certainty. Of course, no one is 100% certain in any court case. Wallace writes, “The standard of proof (SOP) in the most critical of criminal trials is ‘beyond a reasonable doubt,’ not ‘beyond a possible doubt.’ I’ve never conducted the perfect investigation, and we’ve never presented the perfect case before a jury… Jurors can’t wait for what might be discovered ten years from now. If there’s enough evidence to make a decision, they’re asked to make a decision.” (p.202)

    (2) Determining the best explanation. When Police find a man with 54 stab wounds, they would admit that it is at least possible that 54 people each stabbed the man once. But which explanation is most plausible? 54 killers who stabbed him once, or one killer who stabbed him 54 times? Likewise, as we consider multiple lines of scientific evidence, we discover that the various explanations contradict one another or stretch our credulity when paired together. The explanation with the most explanatory power is theism, which Wallace draws together in his final chapter (“Closing Argument”).

    (3) Interpreting the facts. While juror’s need nothing less than good evidence and facts in a court of law, they need something more—a careful analysis and interpretation of the evidence. Likewise, in our search for God, we need more than just a compilation of evidence. We need to think critically and draw inferences about the evidence set before us. Wallace uses his expertise to help us carefully discern the best explanation for the eight phenomena he addresses.

    Wallace doesn’t just tell us what to think about the evidence for God’s existence, he teaches us how to think about it. He carefully compares principles of abductive reasoning in the field of forensics to determine the best explanation for several phenomena in nature, tactfully weighing the evidence throughout his book.

    (4) Understanding the nature of a cumulative case. In a court of law, the prosecution will marshal several lines of circumstantial evidence: expert witnesses, fingerprints, footprints, DNA evidence, motive etc. Jurors listen to this evidence and then determine the best explanation. Likewise, in making his case, Wallace offers eight lines of evidence for belief in God. While some lines of evidence are stronger than others, the combined force of the evidence allows us to render a rational verdict.

    (5) Explaining the urgency of rendering a verdict. If a death occurred due to an accident, a natural cause, or a suicide, we wouldn’t feel too much urgency in forensic investigation. But murder? If we suspected an intruder was responsible, urgency would infuse our search. Wallace, writes, “Murder investigations go cold when the first detectives fail to act with a sense of urgency. If they wait too long, potential witnesses are harder to locate and evidence is destroyed before it can be recovered. Even as a cold-case detective, I have a similar sense of urgency in my secondary investigation. If I wait too long, my witnesses or suspects may die of old age before I can contact and interview them. To be successful, I have to work within the lifetime of the people involved in my case.” (p.204) In the same way, we don’t have an eternity to make a decision for Christ. God expects us to pursue the truth before we leave this world to be with Christ (or he enters our world to be with us). It only makes sense to investigate the case for God’s existence, which is the greatest investigation of them all.

    (6) Understanding the nature of the Divine Intruder. Lest we be turned off to comparing God to a murder suspect, Wallace shows where the analogy breaks down. In a stirring conclusion to the book, Wallace turns the tables on the reader, noting that God isn’t the criminal in this illustration; in fact, we are! He writes,

    “One way to overcome your discomfort with the idea of a Divine Intruder is to rethink the nature of your home and the identity of the Intruder. I bet you never think of yourself as an intruder when you come home after a day at work or an afternoon of running errands. At your house, you are the inhabitant, not the intruder. You can’t be an intruder in your own home. The Divine Intruder we’ve described as the source for all the cosmological, biological, mental, and moral evidence in the universe is the Creator of our home. It’s His house and He’s still the primary owner and inhabitant. In our limited, self-focused view of reality, we’ve imagined this to be our universe, when in fact, it is His. We are His guests. We are the ones living in the universe God created, resisting the existence of our Creator (and landlord), and viewing Him as the intruder in our lives.” (p.201)

    Conclusion

    Years ago, Lee Strobel employed his skills as an investigative reporter to bring the evidence for Christianity into the public arena. Today, J. Warner Wallace has taken this investigation to the next level, using his expertise as a detective to solve the greatest case of them all: God’s existence. Wherever you land on your verdict for God, I hope you’ll agree that the expertise and the reliability of this detective is a “case closed.”
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2024
    J. Warner Wallace chronicles his journey of discovering whether there is enough evidence to make the case for God's Existence. Using his skills as a cold case detective, gifted communicator, and creative artist Wallace not only makes the case but presents a series of arguments we can use in sharing our Faith. Not only a great read but also a teacher of Great Truths you need to share.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024
    I really appreciate the way J. Warner Wallace presents clear, thoughtfully prepared information on tricky, controversial subjects. As a visual person, I also appreciate the illustrations throughout the book that reinforce the subject matter, and even lend clarity to some points.
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2017
    I'm a Constitutional Lawyer and have been studying how origins science should be taught in K-12 Public Education for about 18 years.

    As a consequence I have read zillions of books and articles about the science of the origin and nature of the cosmos, of life and the diversity of life. Many are excellent as to a particular subject, but often not written for a non-scientist. None of those extend the inquiry to the softer sciences that relate to the origin of free will, consciousness and morality. Few are both concise and cogent.

    They also fail to explain the special logic used by historical scientists. The forensic science practiced by Wallace in his work as a cold case detective is an historical science. The logic for determining the cause of an unobserved past event is called abductive reasoning. In abduction one postulates multiple competing hypotheses for the cause of an event and then seeks an inference to the best explanation by seeking evidence that rules in one of the possibilities while ruling out the others.

    Since forensic science and origins science use the same logic, Wallace is able to use a variety of actual crime scene investigations that sought the cause of a death as a model to explain the logic of an objective investigation of the cause of life.

    The key problem with modern origins science is that instead of using abduction to seek the best of competing alternatives, it uses the tunnel vision. The vision of the investigation is tunneled due to a concealed doctrine called methodological naturalism. That doctrine requires that only a materialistic/atheistic hypothesis may be considered when seeking to explain the cause of an origin event. This tunnel vision closes the case before it even starts. Wallace rejects tunnel vision in both investigations of the cause of death and the cause of life.

    Wallace clearly has a bias. However, he explains it at the outset as a switch from atheism to theism. He also manages the bias by addressing all of the competing arguments and explaining why he believes them to be inadequate.

    He does all of this logically, cogently, concisely and graphically in way that any careful reader can grasp without PhDs in cosmology or biology in about 270 pages.

    I think this may be the best book I've read on the subject. It also works for high school students and any adult who watches CSI on Netflix.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2024
    The author systematically builds his case. It’s an interesting approach to the question of God’s existence and intelligent design. I enjoyed it and would recommend it for an adult Bible study.
    It does begin to drag as the chapters start to resemble each other. My question about books like this and “The Case for Christ” is whether they actually change anybody’s mind. Sunday School class discussions become a bit of “preaching to the choir”. This isn’t the author’s fault or the book’s fault.

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  • Daniel Borrego
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro para defender la existencia de Dios
    Reviewed in Mexico on April 21, 2022
    El detective Wallace hace un gran trabajo al resumir, de una manera entendible para cualquier persona, los diferentes argumentos sobre la existencia de Dios, organizándolos y contándolo de manera análoga con casos que ayudo a resolver aplicando las diferentes técnicas forenses que domina. Aporta argumentos contundentes contra las principales objeciones que los escépticos presentan ante el argumento de la existencia de Dios.
  • J. Jacob
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Study
    Reviewed in India on October 1, 2019
    This is a very detailed and thorough study and an beautiful approach to prove the existence of God. We had seen some of Wallace's videos online, but the book has so much more. He takes a philosophical and scientific approach to prove a biblical truth. Amazing.

    My husband and I are beginning a small-group youth bible study based on this book this week. We are looking forward to using this book and the Participant's guide.

    The book is easy to follow and quite interestingly written. The images help a lot. I highly recommend this book to any one who is wanting to learn on how to defend their faith.
  • Average Guy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking and Honest
    Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2017
    I found this book to be very technical,methodical and convincing. I tried to put my preconceptions aside while reading this. To some it may be difficult to understand, so a second read may be necessary.

    I am surprised at the knowledge Wallace has of the different science disciplines he touches on, and his consistent use of processes to asses facts and piece them together. His methods may convince some, but I've found that even blatantly obvious facts are not enough to persuade a large sector of the public.

    I would recommend this book to those who are more analytically inclined and want to investigate the world around them with a different lens.
  • Regina
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great investigation to prove God is not dead!
    Reviewed in Australia on August 13, 2021
    I will use this book as a Bible study tool.
  • Chris Abels
    5.0 out of 5 stars The evidence points to someone outside the room.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2015
    J. Warner Wallace’s book, God’s Crime Scene, is a refreshingly new approach in apologetics. Drawing on his years of experience as a cold case investigator Wallace brings a detective’s perspective to evidence evaluation and case construction.
    In cold cases the witnesses may have died and the investigators who originally recorded the crime may also have died. Yet, even in such cases, the cold case investigator can reconstruct the case such that in a court of law enough evidence can be produced so that the accused can be found guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.
    According to Wallace there are four reasons for any death. These are natural causes, accidental death, suicide and homicide. When the investigator approaches a death scene, he assesses the evidence. In the case of natural death, accidental death and suicide, he can account for the event by evidence inside the room. In the case of homicide, the evidence points to someone outside the room. A homicide turns a death scene into a crime scene.
    Wallace depicts the universe as a crime scene and using the methodology of a cold case investigator and the dichotomy of inside the room and outside the room, he shows that by using four categories of evidence; viz, cosmological evidence, biological evidence, mental evidence and moral evidence, the most reasonable explanation is that the evidence depicted indicates that some agent “outside the room” is responsible for the creation of the universe. Thus the creation of the universe cannot be accounted for on naturalistic grounds.
    Wallace’s style of writing and his frequent references to other cases of homicide makes this account accessible to both the general and the more serious reader. His attention to detail and his abductive reasoning skills shows in the way he weighs up the evidence to provide the best and most reasonable explanation for the evidence at hand. He provides enough resources so that the serious reader can further investigate the evidence.
    I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone interested in the subject.